Approaches and Methods for Commissioned Archaeology in Wetlands
Experience from the E4 Project in Skåne, Southern Sweden
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7175227 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Per Lagerås (0000-0002-2804-8028, Swedish National Heritage Board, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 231-249 |
| Publication date | 2003-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Journal of Archaeology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1461-9571 • E-ISSN: 1741-2722 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/146195710300600302 |
| OpenAlex | W4235625009 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 15 |
In this article I discuss problems and possibilities connected with commissioned archaeology in wetlands. The cultural heritage of wetlands is threatened by large-scale infrastructure projects, and there is a need within commissioned archaeology to develop approaches and techniques for systematic surveying in wetlands. With examples from an on-going project in southern Sweden, different surveying techniques are presented together with some results and interpretations. Attempts to grasp the complexity of the wetlands right from the beginning of the project proved to be fruitful, in that the palaeoenvironmental interpretations were decisive for the selection of sites for trial excavations. Interpretation of peatland expansion through time was important for the reading of the landscape and the search for settlement sites. Some techniques for trial excavations in waterlogged peat are also presented
Archaeology · Excavation · Geography · GRASP · Habitat · Interpretation (philosophy · Peat · Settlement (finance · Threatened species · Wetland · Computer Science · Engineering · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research · Historical and Archaeological Studies · History · Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology · Ecology
The cultural landscape during 6000 years in southern Sweden
An Improved Peat Sampler
Reconstruction and regional correlation of Holocene lake‐level fluctuations in Lake Bysjön, South Sweden
Farming and forest dynamics in an agriculturally marginal area of southern Sweden, 5000 BC to present
Late-Holocene human impact and peat development in the Černá Hora bog, Krkonoše Mountains, Czech Republic
Reconstruction of environment and history of plant use during the late Mesolithic (Erteb lle culture) at the inland settlement of B keberg III, southern Sweden
Reconstruction of Holocene lake-level changes in Lake Kalvsj n, southern Sweden, with a contribution to the local palaeohydrology at the Elm Decline
Peatlands and environmental change
Tågerup–fifteen hundred years of Mesolithic occupation in western Scania, Sweden
Mires. Process, Exploitation and Conservation
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| Citations per year | 0,18 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2024 (16) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |